(October 30, 2001) - The rumor mills in Walldorf, Germany, are busily turning. Hasso
Plattner and Henning Kagermann, the co-Chairmen and co-CEOs of Europe’s largest software
vendor, SAP, are apparently all set to announce that SAP is going to come out in favor of
Java.

When a world-leading provider of enterprise resource planning software used to integrate
back-office functions such as distribution, accounting, human resources, and manufacturing
makes a decision like this, the world sits up and pays attention, since more than 13,500
companies use SAP software.

That means 13,500 companies will through SAP learn that the company deems J2EE superior to
.NET, a major blow to Microsoft if the announcement goes ahead next week.
JavaDevelopersJournal.com is currently waiting for confirmation from tight-lipped SAP
company officers.

Attention will now naturally turn to see what the software company Commerce One does about
J2EE vs .NET, since SAP has a one-fifth equity stake in Pleasanton, California-based
Commerce One, which is in its own right a leading provider of software and services for
creating electronic marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers.

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